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Woodson County Sheriff's Office
Monday May 18th, 2026 :: 06:15 p.m. CDT

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Tornado Watch until 01:00AM Tuesday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 227 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS CHASE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BUTLER COWLEY HARPER HARVEY SEDGWICK SUMNER IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS CHAUTAUQUA ELK GREENWOOD MONTGOMERY WILSON WOODSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANDOVER, ANTHONY, ARKANSAS CITY, ATTICA, AUGUSTA, BEL AIRE, CEDAR VALE, COFFEYVILLE, COTTONWOOD FALLS, DERBY, EL DORADO, EUREKA, FREDONIA, GRENOLA, HARPER, HAYSVILLE, HOWARD, INDEPENDENCE, LONGTON, MADISON, MOLINE, MULVANE, NEODESHA, NEWTON, PARK CITY, ROSE HILL, SEDAN, STRONG CITY, VALLEY CENTER, WELLINGTON, WINFIELD, AND YATES CENTER.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BUTLER, KS ... CHASE, KS ... CHAUTAUQUA, KS ... COWLEY, KS ... ELK, KS ... GREENWOOD, KS ... HARPER, KS ... HARVEY, KS ... MONTGOMERY, KS ... SEDGWICK, KS ... SUMNER, KS ... WILSON, KS ... WOODSON, KS

Address/Location
Woodson County Sheriff's Office
105 W Rutledge St
Yates Center, KS 66783

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 620-625-8640

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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